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Subject Knowledge for Physics Teaching (SKPT) courses, delivered by The Ogden Trust, are free blended learning CPD for KS3 and KS4 teachers without a physics specialism.

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I found the SKPT course extremely helpful. The delivery was exceptional; presenter's subject knowledge was impeccable. I’m truly privileged to have been part of this teaching & learning.

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The SKPT course has been incredibly useful for my own understanding & in helping me develop the quality of my explanations which has already had an impact on the learning of the students I teach.

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Find out how you can ensure your children are working safely in science lessons.

Health and Safety Support for Science in Primary Schools

Learn more about how Explorify can support you in teaching about the climate challenge.

Are you ready to meet the 'Climate Challenge'?

Calling all Early Years teachers! Explorify now has a wide range of activities designed especially for 3 – 5 year olds.

Early Years and Explorify

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Summary of the Ofsted report findings relevant to primary science.

A summary of "Finding the optimum: the science subject report", Ofsted (2023)

At Explorify we have a range of activities which will help recognise and celebrate the valuable contributions that Black people make in all STEM subjects.

Black History Month

Explore the benefits that learning science outdoors can provide for your pupils.

Can outdoor learning help when you return to the classroom?

The leaves are changing colour and beginning to fall, just as the first autumn storms are arriving. Autumn is here.

Changing seasons

Assessment is something teachers do all the time, yet assessment in science is a topic teachers often say they worry about. This article walks through a teaching sequence about classification.

Discover how Explorify can help with assessment

Read the 2024 report

Read the 2023 report

Learn more about the findings of the 2023 and 2024 Explorify evaluation by CFE Research.

Explorify evaluation reports

Find out how Explorify can support with teaching science at home.

Explorify at home

We know literacy is one of the main priorities. Each of our activities will get your children thinking, observing, discussing and reasoning in dynamic and exciting sessions.

Explorify for literacy

Use these Explorify activities to build maths and numeracy skills with your class.

Explorify for numeracy: count the benefits

Read a guest blog written by Linda Crouch, Head of Science at Berwick Academy and STEM Learning's secondary education adviser.

Explorify: A hidden gem for science teachers of all levels

"Assessment is not something that happens in the plenary at the end of a lesson, it starts with planning and should be embedded throughout your teaching." Sarah Eames from Sandfield Close Primary School shares her tips on how to do assessment well.

Good science teaching starts with assessment

Different animals and plants thrive in different habitats. Look at how they live. Your pupils will learn about the world around them near and far and develop their scientific thinking as they explore the inhabitants.

Habitats around the world

Explorify can help you plan a unit on Light and build long term memories with our new and undated activities.

How can Explorify help you teach children about Light

How can Explorify help you teach children about Materials

Find out more about our new and updated Sound activities and how Explorify can help you plan a unit on Sound that builds children’s long-term memories.

How can Explorify help you teach children about Sounds?

Interested in reading more about the latest thinking and research or finding key documents quickly?

Latest evidence on what works in primary science

An overview of Explorify activities to help pupils explore the science of space.

Let's go to space

Explorify, has a science topic called ‘Celebrating Scientists’ which provides teachers with easy-to-use resources which relate the work of scientists to the primary science curriculum.

Let’s start Celebrating Scientists

Discover new STEM-tastic books to inspire your pupils with Explorify's Meet the author series. 

Meet the author with Explorify

Explorify is great for promoting talk and higher-order thinking in the classroom and it can also help you with a range of science enquiry ideas as well.

Moving from an Explorify activity to purposeful science enquiry

Linked to the English national curriculum and expectations of pupils, PLAN was designed to help teachers make summative judgements in science by making sure planned teaching and learning activities will enable children to reach the standard.

PLAN – good practice in assessment

If you are the Science Subject Leader at your school, you should expect a “deep dive” when Ofsted visit.

Preparing for Ofsted

Our bodies are home to millions of microorganisms. This article will equip you with knowledge about how they affect us and our bodies.

Protecting ourselves from infectious diseases

Fire your children’s curiosity and creativity while finding connections between their science learning and a variety of engaging and inspiring works of art. 

Start With Art – something fresh from Explorify

The question of how to engage and reach more children through science is one that concerns many primary teachers.

The Primary Science Capital Project

This blog will help you incorporate primary science teaching into whole school events.

Thinking of planning a whole-school science event? Explorify can help.

We’ve got some tips to help you get to know the children on an individual level but also assess the dynamics and social skills of the class as a whole.

Top five tips for getting to know your class

When the weather is warm, make the most of it and follow our top five tips for taking your learning outside.

Top five tips for taking learning outside

Explorify is developing activities for testing long-term memory.

Using Explorify to build long-term memory

Develop your little ones’ curiosity, concentration and observational skills with Explorify’s short videos focusing on changes over time.

What Just Happened? - a brand new activity type specially for Early Years

With a plethora of online resources and schemes of work available to primary teachers today, it can be easy to lose sight of exactly what you should be teaching.

What are the national curriculum expectations for science?

How can teachers address the gender split within science, encouraging young learners to see and understand science's relevance and benefits to society?

Who are the scientists of today?

Have you been wondering how Explorify can support you as you encourage your pupils to work in a scientific way? Read our top tips to find out! 